The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-10-07
AMERICA AGAIN. WINS.

AMERICA AGAIN WINS.
ThsIntarsatsosaa Yacht Race E.a,ly Woo-
By tNs AnsficaA siosp voluntser.
Nsw Yeax, Sept 2S-The Scotch cutter
Thistle aha tho American sloop Volunteer
have mot In their first contest for the
Americas cup, and the Volunteer has
beaten the foreigner 80 badly that the La.
ter's most enthusiastic champions have
only to say that something inexplicahle -
the matter with the Thistle. tft
Il was q great day. Tho people who
won't down ON the 3OO steamships, river
stesmboatA. tugs, stoam yachts, sailing
yachts and other boats numbered easily
So,00Q and the s0eAe presented BY the het-
erogeneous mass Of craft before and after
the start caA NOT be described. They
covered a area Of fifty or moro
acres on the wateB and kept
up . noise throughout the rsoe
that startled the people who came to seethe
event. 1t was IN incessant gun firing,
steam whistliBg and cheering that inspired
the widest kind OF enthusiasm, but sadly
intsrfered with the duties Of the 0fficials
who had business to attend to. This great
fotilla was promptly at the scene OF the
start, and they covered the ground on
Owls Head in . way that made a doubt II
the minds Of many that great start wOaidI
be made. From early morning there wsd
NO sign Of breeze and o dirty haze hung
over the water, indicative OF q continuously
thick atmosphere.
With favorable surroundings the race
would have been started at 1890 o'clock
yesterday morning, but ut that hour there
WAS not air enough to blow out a match
and the judges ON Commodore Grey's Elec-
ira waited to start the racers until there,
should appear . chance Of getting the
boats over the course in the prescribed
seven hours. That appearance did not come
until noon. At that time ripple came over
the water from the southwark end east
ward, and the signal was gwen to clear the
course. The Thistle and Volunteer had come
out from their respective snchorages on
Tompkinsvills, Staten Island, and Bay
ridge, and were moving about north Of the
line that had been formed between the
Electra and buoy IS, opposite Owls Head
on Long Island. The Thistle moved about.
in . very lively fashion in the light air.
She appeared to take much pleasure in
running past and around the Volunteer
which she did several times, and every
time met with loud applause from the ad-
miring spectators. all Of whom seemed con-
fident and willing that she should win the
first race.
At 1920 the Electra fired the preparatory
gun, and at 12:3O the gun to start. After
the latter the yachts had five minutes to
cross the line. II other had taken longer
than five minutes her time on the start.
would have been registered at the expirar
ton Of the five minutes. The boats crossed
as follows: Thistle, l2 hours 50 minutes and
3 seconds; Volunteer, ~ hours 81 minutes
and s. seconds.
The Thistle not only had the nearer posi-
ton when the order to start was given, but
she also went through the water faster.
She got over the line 1 minute SO seconds.
ahead. The eight miles an hour wind was.
then blowing from south-southeast, and
the yachts hal to sail close on the wind for
the first mark-buoy 10 on the southwest
which bore south by west eight and a hale
miles away. They went over on tho port
tack, and at once the Volunteer began to
overhaul the Thistle. The first tack was
in toward Clifton, Staten Island, and on
that tack Of fifteen minutes or less the Vol
unteer showed q superiority over the
Thistle in weather that had been written
down Is the foreigners best, that left no
doubt of the result The Volunteer went
by the cutter as though the latter was an
chored and she stayed in front to the end
The Thistle was more than little
bothered by the excursion boats on that
first tack. The steamers crossed her bows
and gave her much swash, but after that
the steamers hung to the volunteer, the
leader, and throughout the rest Of the day
she suffered three times, at least, as much
as the Thistle did from the way they
kicked up the water and shut of the wind
It was no longer race. 1t was proce.f
sion. The wind varied in locality al
strength. 1t shifted between southeast~
and southwest, and sometimes one boat
had it when the other did not. --m
The result was most decisive victory
for the American sloop. Beating, stretch
ing and running with free sheets, the Vol
unteer ou.sailed tho Thistle. On the run
home she lost ground largely on account OF
the way the accompanying craft blanketed
her.
beat; buoy S11S was fetched on a stretch, as
was the Sandy Hook lightship, the outer
mark. From the lightship back to buoy 10
was a beat wind and from there home, to
buoy Is, of Fort Wadsworth, it was q
clean run before the wind with spinnakers
set. The total distance was thirty-eight
statute miles. Every where, except on the
run with spinnakers, where the excursion
boats did so much to keep the wind from
her, the Volunteer outsailed her antagonist.
Further description OF the race would only
be . repetition Of the above.
At buoy 10 the Thistle was sixteen min
utcs behind the Volunteer with tho wind
blowing twelve miles an hour. The V0lun-
teer presented o magnificent spectacle q.
she came booming up the bay with the,
triumphant procession Of boats behind her.
each flying all the bunting that could be-
had. The Thistle crossed the limo with ak
sails sot about twenty minutes behind the.
victor, the official finishing time being az.
follows: Volunteer, $3.50; Thistle,
5:A:6
The following are the time figures:
Start. Buoy TO- Lighkshfp-
volunteee. Is:3i:58 e:a1 :c3 3::S:12
Thistle ..s:33:O6 s:3S:45 4.O1:1S
FinisA. Elapsed fine. Corrected tim.
Volunteer. s 5S:16 4:53:1S 4:53:l&
Thistle 5:G:ss 5Is:H 5:19:R
Volunteer beats the Thistle 10 minutes %
A Priest Goes Insane.
CAMERON, Mo-, Sept. 2S-Rev. Father
Deneny, who has had charge of St. Nun
rbon,a Catholic Chupch IN thio CITY ovov.